2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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PHY 341 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

1 course unit
Origin of quantum concepts; the wave function and its interpretation; the Schrodinger equation; treatment of the free particle; potential barriers and wells; the linear harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom.  Representation of dynamical variables as operators and matrices; introduction to perturbation theory.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 213 Modern Physics  and PHY 319 Analytical Mechanics .



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